iud related events were evaluated at the department of obstetrics and gynecology, hacettepe university in ankara, turkey. the study population included 2213 fertile, healthy women who had an iud in situ. the age range was 17-48 years. all iuds were lippes loop, size c and d, and they were inserted by an experienced physician and nurse on the 5th day of menstruation. the follow-up time was 1 year in 2013 women with iuds. there was no follow-up on 200 women who were excluded from the study. ...

molecular epidemiology of candida species isolated from urine at an intensive care unit.

candida spp. has been the leading microorganism isolated from the urine specimens of patients hospitalized at the anesthesiology and reanimation intensive care unit (icu) of dokuz eylul university hospital, izmir, since 1998. this study was undertaken to investigate the clonal relationship of candida urine isolates in order to find the mode of spread among the patients. epidemiological surveillance of 38 candida albicans, 15 candida tropicalis and 12 candida glabrata recovered from the urine spe ...